Modern polo . s vigorously supported whenever eight English-men can get together. Even a dearth of our country-men does not always stop the game in that part of theworld ; for some of the owners of estancias have theirown teams of natives, who play admirably. An annual championship (p. 332), and many othergood tournaments and matches take place. On manyoccasions we have had the pleasure of welcomingArgentine players on English grounds. H. ScottRobson, the ambidextrous welter weight, is the bestplayer who has come from South America ; but wehave seen many other good performers from thatcountry,
Modern polo . s vigorously supported whenever eight English-men can get together. Even a dearth of our country-men does not always stop the game in that part of theworld ; for some of the owners of estancias have theirown teams of natives, who play admirably. An annual championship (p. 332), and many othergood tournaments and matches take place. On manyoccasions we have had the pleasure of welcomingArgentine players on English grounds. H. ScottRobson, the ambidextrous welter weight, is the bestplayer who has come from South America ; but wehave seen many other good performers from thatcountry, such as Frank Furber, Frank Balfour, and ARGENTINA. 309 H. Ravenscroft, the three of whom with ScottRobson formed a very successful team in E. Kinchant, an extraordinary hard hitter, is avery fine player, who came over in 1898. As a rule,teams from Argentina are greatly handicapped by .thefact that their ponies take a long time to becomeacclimatised. Englishmen who live in the Argentine Republic, like. Fig. 104.—Mr. Foxhall Keenes American pony Express. to Spend their holidays in England, during which timethey get lots of fun by bringing over with them theirponies, which they sell before returning. Althoughthey do not make much pecuniary profit on the trans-action, the sales somewhat help to pay the cost of thegood polo which these fine sportsmen obtain. 3IO • POLO ABROAD. [Chap. XIII. THE COLONIES. Polo flourishes at all the military stations, such asGibraltar, Malta, Cairo, Alexandria, Wady Haifa,Suakim, Khartoum, Samoa, Jamaica, Aden, Singapore,Hong Kong and Shanghai ; and soldiers and civiliansplay whenever they can. It is popular in Canada,Burma, the West Indies, and British Columbia. Allover Australia and New Zealand flourishino; clubsabound, and hold tournaments and matches. The w^ar has stopped polo to a great extent in SouthAfrica, where it was played at Cape Town, Durban,Maritzburg, Harrismith, Johannesburg, Kimberley,Estcourt, Grey town, and many other p
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